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Saturday 14 October 2017

Night Walk At Windsor Nature Park (13 Oct 2017)

I was feeling under the weather but the fine weather for the night was too good to be missed given that it has been raining for the whole week, so I decided to proceed to Windsor Nature Park with my friend HW. Here's a photograph of a 2 mm Springtail found at the place.


The first beetle for the trip was a 3 mm Darkling Beetle found on a small tree.


On a tree nearby were several of this small 3 mm Darkling Beetle.


On a moss laden tree near to the entrance of the Venus Loop trail was this 5 mm Darkling Beetle.


On the same tree was a Darkling Beetle larvae.


As we moved along the path leading to the Venus Loop trail, a Chafer Beetle (Apogonia expeditionis) was found feasting on a leaf of a low bush. 


Near to the Apogonia expeditionis Chafer Beetle was another Chafer Beetle (Adoretus compressus).


Further down the trail was another Chafer Beetle high up on tall bush.


Nearby on a small tree was this 8 mm Darkling Beetle.


As we enter the Venus Loop trail, I was dismay to see that many parts of the trail have been overran by the Air Potato plants, strangling many of the original vegetation there. Near to the entrance of the trail was a 5 mm Fungus Beetle (Amblyopus vittatus).


Coming to sandy patch, there was a Tiger Beetle (Cicindela aurulenta) on a small tree vine.


On the tree near to the Tiger Beetle was a 5 mm Darkling Beetle.


On a rotten tree nearby was a Fungus Weevil (Eucorynus crassicornis) perfectly camouflaged.


Near to the rotten tree was a small tree stump where this lone Rove Beetle was found.


Hiding on a branch of a tall bush was this Long Horned Beetle (Epepeotes luscus).


Near by was a 4 mm Darkling Beetle on a small tree.


After some walking, we came to a dying tree which I termed as a snow tree. On it were a number of beetles. One of the beetles was a 10 mm beetle which looked like a Darkling Beetle.


Near to the black beetle was another similar beetle with red legs. This is a first-time-encountered beetle.


Just centimeters from the beetle was another 1 mm beetle which look like a Fungus Beetle.


On the same tree was another Darling Beetle (Bradymerus clathratus).


On a fallen tree next to the snow tree was this 15 mm Darkling Beetle which seemed to be laying eggs into the hole in the wood.


Running around on the fallen tree were several Ground Beetles. 




The fallen tree was interesting as several different beetles were found in close proximity with each other.


Under a leaf of a rubber tree next to the fallen tree was this 8 mm Fungus Weevil (Litocerus figuratus).


On the trunk of the rubber tree was this 10 mm first time encountered Ground Beetle (Physodera eschscholtzii).


A stone's throw from the snow tree was this lone 10 mm Darkling Beetle.


On another small three, I was surprised to find this 8 mm Tiger Beetle (Cylindera versicolor). I previously came across this beetle and may have misidentify it to be Cicindela chrysippe.

 After photographing the Tiger Beetle, HW showed me this Fungus Beetle which was high up on a tall bush. Sadly, I was not able to identify the beetle from this angle.


A few tree down the trail was this interesting looking beetle larvae, with its extra long appendages .


On the same tree was a beetle pupa.


Near to the pupa was another beetle larvae.


The highlight of the trip was the encounter of this first-time-encountered Ship-timber Beetle (Atractocerus crassicornis). This was a rare encounter and what made it even rarer was that it was a mating pair. The specimen below should be a female.


Male Ship-timber Beetle (Atractocerus crassicornis).



On a Singapore Rhododendron plant (Melastoma malabathricum) were several of this 4 mm Leaf Beetle (Argopus brevis).

Just a few steps away was this large 20 mm Ground Beetle (Onypterygia longispinis).


Time passes quickly and it was almost time to turn back when this Chafer Beetle appeared. Although this beetle looked like the Chafer Beetle (Apogonia expeditionis) but differed in its larger size.


On a tree nearby was this dead beetle larvae. The suspected cause of death is by parasitic wasp (see the wasp on the larvae?)


On another tree was this lovely patterned 5 mm Darkling Beetle which seemed to be in the midst of laying eggs.


On a tree nearby was a beetle larvae.


The turn back point was marked by another slow tree where this Darkling Beetle was found.


The last beetle found for the trip was a Sap Beetle found among the fungus mushroom growing on the snow tree.


The trip was super fruitful, especially the encounter with the Ship-timber Beetle. The number of beetles encountered on this trip was fabulous, and I will definitely go back there in the future.

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